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Texas Chapter
The purpose of the chapter shall be the support and professional enrichment of the VRA members in Texas and its neighboring states.
About the chapter:
- we're mighty big (full-size map)
- we're downright friendly (membership form)
- we shoot from the hip (bylaws)
- we congregate nicely (upcoming meetings; meeting history)
- and we'd love to hear from y'all (electronic discussion list)
map courtesy of www.traveltex.com
Developments and activities of the past year-and-a-half:
- VRA Texas will meet on June 7, 2008 in Austin in conjunction with the second Texas Conference on Digital Libraries from June 4-6.
- VRA Texas met in Dallas in February 2008 in conjunction with the annual conference of the College Art Association. There was a variety of events planned to take advantage of this unique opportunity for Texas, including an Ask-the-Expert roundtable and XML presentation by Susan Jane Williams (Archivision) and a CCO workshop led by co-editor Elisa Lanzi (Smith College).
- VRA Texas met in Dallas in October 2007 in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Texas-Mexico chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America. A full-day meeting hosted by Eileen Coffman took place on the campus of Southern Methodist University, which included facilities tours, systems demonstrations, a luncheon, a business meeting, and a visit to the Meadows Museum. Read the minutes from that meeting.
- Bylaws were submitted and approved at the mid-year meeting of the VRA Executive Board.
- VRA Texas met at the 2007 VRA annual conference in Kansas City to discuss strategies for reviving the chapter, to plan future activities, and encourage participation. A steering committee was formed to revise bylaws and solicit officers for the coming year. Committee members were Bobby Anderson (University of Oklahoma), Katherine Hooker (Southwestern University), Sigrid Knudsen (University of Texas-Austin), and Mark Pompelia (Rice University).
